Agricultural machine.



C. 0. ANDERSON.

AGRICULTURAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 8, I914.

1,163,194, Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 8. 1914.

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To all whomz't ma concern:

Be it known that-I, CHARLES O, ANDER- soN, citizen of the UnitedStates,resid1ng at VVaterville, in the county of Marshall and State'ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAgricultural Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates'to agricultural machinery and one object thereofis toprovide means whereby two rows of plants may be cultivatedsimultaneously, the draft animals being driven between the, rows.

A secondary object of the lnvention is to I provide simple and eiiicientmeans whereby the driver may be seated between the ground treatingimplements and the seat and its support will be permittedto yield'freelyto the movements of the machines in traveling over unevensurfaces.

A further object of provide ,means whereby the manipulation inginstrumentalities will be facilitated and also to provide a constructionwhich will permit Cultivators or planters to be readily brought into theoperative position as may be desired. e v

e Other objects of the invention will ap-' pear as the description ofthe same proceeds and the invention consists incerta in novelfeatures'which will be particularly pointed outin the claims followingthedescription. 1 In the accompanying drawings, Figure .l

is a plan view of a machine embodying my and SllOWHlg a cultivator at acombined cultivator and planter at the other side. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3

is a longitudinal section on the line spective 'view' of the meansemployed to support the driver and couple two frames together.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a substantially rectangular frame1 havlng forwardly converging braces 2 at its front end which have theirfront ends secured rigidlyto a tongue 3. Upon the-upper side of thetongue at the rear end thereof, Isecure a piv'ot block 4 which isrecessed upon its underside, as clearly shown at 5, and 1s provided onits upper side at its rear end with asaddleti hav ng aconcave recess 7in its upper'face. A supporting rod 8 exthe invention is to adjustmentof the several ground treat- 7 p t o of l n Patented Dec. 7 ,1915.Applicationfile d October 8, 1914. Seria1 No.865,738. i

other retaining device 10 being fitted on the lower extremity of thisdown-turned portion 9 to prevent accidental withdrawal of the supportingrod. The rear end of the sup porting rod 8 is turnedupwardly,asshown at11, and engages a socket in-the under side of a coupling bar '12 whichextends over and between two frames 1, each of said frames: 1 being 7provided with the described supportingameans and the couplingbar 12forming a connection between the two sup porting rods,

The driversseat 13 is supported upon a spring standard ltwhich issecuredrigidly to thecoup'hngbar 12 at the center of the,

same and has an extension 15 projecting in advanceof the coupling barand carrying a foot rest 16 at 'itsi forwardend. Afbraceli' f'extends'i'earwardlyfrom the foot rest and has itsrear end curvedupwardly, as shown at 18, and secured to the underside of the aresecured springs 20 extending therefrom to the sides of the frames lwhere they are secured;

It will be readily understood that the ,machines are drawn over thefield the frames l-will. follow their respective paths but cannotdiverge from each other inasmuch as the bar 19 and the springs 20' willserve toretain them in their relative positions. At the same time alimited lateral movement'of each frame isEermitted so that largeobstructions may e passed or one frame may ride through a hollow whilethe other frame frame has passed around'or overan obstruction. Thepivotal mounting of the supporting rods Swill permit the coupling bar 12.to move laterally relative to the from and thesad'dles 6willnot""onlyserve to supportthe said rods 8'soasto prevent, I excessivebinding thereof but will also tend conplingbar at the center of thesame,ias

shown. Thls bracel'? passes over and is secured to a cross bar 19 to theends of which frames without I being disconnected there to maintain thecoupling bar in a horizontal position owing to the curvature orconcavity of the seats 7 in the saddles.

At the front end of each frame 1 and on each side of the frame, I securebrackets 21 Which extend outwardly and downwardly from the sides of theframe and are provided with openings 22 through which securing bolts maybe passed to secure an arched bar 23 when they ground treatingimplements illustrated in Fig. l are to be used. These brackets 21 arelocated just in advance of the openings 24 through which the securingbolts for the springs are inserted and other openings 25 are provided inthe side bars to permit the attachmentof various instrumentalitiesaccording to the use to which the machine is to be put. The arched bar23 extends below the frame 1 and beyond the sides of the same, the endsof the said arched bar being secured to the brackets 21 and projecteddownwardly beyond-the same and provided with suitable openings through Iin brackets 46 secured to and laterally from the beams and suitablestops which a rod 26 is inserted. The said rod is securedagalnst endwisemovement by cotterpms 27 or other well known means as will be readilyunderstood. The said rod 26 con ,stitutes a support for the hangers 28in the lower ends of which is mounted an axle 29 carrying ground wheels30 and on the said hangersat the lower ends thereof are lugs 31 whichare pivotally engaged by the rear ends of links 32 extending up tovibratory bars 33 fulcrumed on the tongue 3, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.The upper ends of the vibratory bars 33 are connected by a linlr 34t0 anoperating lever 35 which is suitably mounted upon the tongue and isequipped with the usual latch 36 adapted to engage a rack. 37 andthereby hold'the lever in a set position.

The parts should be so proportioned that the levers 35 will be withinconvenient reach of the driver upon the seat 13 so that either or bothsets of ground wheels may be readily adjusted as occasion may require.In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2 and at the left'in Fig. 1 the rod 26supports the front ends of beams 38 and 39 which are fitted loosely uponthe rod so as to have a pivotal movement about the same. The

beams 38 carry shovel plows or cultivators 40 while the beams 39 areequipped at their rear ends with disk cultivators 41 and the rear endsof both sets of beams are connected bars of the frame 1. The said rockshaft is equipped with forwardly projecting crank arms 44 provided witheyes at their front ends to receive the upper ends of links 45 whichhave their lower ends playingloosely projecting '47 are provided on thelower extremities of the said links below the said brackets as shown. Itwill thus be readily seen that if the shaft 42 be rocked the links 45will' -be raised or lowered so as to permit the To set the rock shaft soas to permit the 3 disk or the shovel to run at the desired depth,Iprovide a crank arm 48 on the shaft near the inner end thereof and-thiscrank arm is connected by a link 49 with an operating lever 50 which isfulcrumed upon'the inner side of the frame near the front end thereof soas to be easily reached by the driver. This lever is, of course,equipped with the usual latch device, indicated at 51, adapted toengagea holding rack or segment 52 on the frame so as to retain the rockshaft and the ground treating implements in a set position. 7

It will be understoodthat each frame 1 is equipped with a similar lever50 to manipulate the rock shaft 42 at the rear end of the frame and thateach" lever will be arranged upon the inner side barof the frame sothatthe driver may adjust the implements ateither side of the line of travelwithout dismounting. In the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 3 and at theright of Fig. l'the-inner crank arms 44 on the rock shaft 42 are engaged'by links 53, the lower ends of which support l beams 54 having theirfront ends pivotally mounted upon the rod 26 and carrying shovel plowsor cultivators 55 corresponding to the beams 38 and the plows .40'shownin Fig. 2. The said beams 54, however, in this'arrangement areprovided'with upstanding brackets 56 to and between which, I may securea seed box 57 having a seeditube 58. A draft bar 59 extends forwardlyfrom the brackets 56 between the beams 54 and has its front,

end pivotally attached to the rear end of a draw bar 60 which extendsforwardly be yond the rod 26 and is then carried upwardly to the tongue3 to which it is rigidly secured.

The downwardly andoutwardly ,projecting brackets 21 which are securedto'the sides of the frames near the front ends thereof adapt the framesto support various ground treating implements. The arched bar 23 may bedispensed with in some cases and across bar extended between the saidbrackets to support the front ends of plow or cultivator beams,- andshovels, harrow teeth or similar implements may be carried by said crossbar. Fenders may be secured said frames and extending transverselybetween the same and movable laterally with respect thereto, resilientconnections be tween the two frames below the coupling bar and aconnection between the said re- I silient connections and the couplingbar.

2. The combination of a pair of frames, ground treating implementscarried thereby, supporting rods pivotally mounted at their front endsupon the frames, a coupling bar pivotally fitted to the rear ends of thesaid supporting rods, and saddles on the frames in rear of the pivots ofsaid supporting rods and having seats in which said rods play.

3. The combination of a pair of parallel frames, leaf springsysecured tothe inner sides of said frames and projecting therefrom toward eachother, a cross bar connecting the inner ends of the springs and acoupling bar disposed above said springs and cross bar and connectedtherewith.

4t. The combination of a pair of frames, independent draft devicesattached one to each of said frames, and a coupling bar eX- tendingtransversely between the frames and supported at its ends upon theframes and freely movable laterally relative thereto.

5. The combination of a pair of frames, ground treating implementscarried by said frames, supporting rods pivoted at their front ends onthe frames, a coupling bar pivotally fitted to the rear ends of saidbars, springs secured to the sides of the frames below the coupling bar,a cross bar connecting the inner ends of the said springs, and

seat carrying brackets secured to the said cross bar and the couplingbar.

6. The combination of a frame, an arched bar secured to the said framenear the front end thereof, a supporting rod carried by the ends of saidbar, hangers loosely fitted upon the said rod, ground wheels carried bysaid hangers, vibratory bars mounted on the frame in advance of saidhangers, links connecting the lower ends of said bars with.

the hangers, and means on the frame connected to the upper ends of saidbars vibrate the same. o p

7. The combination of a frame, a transverse rod carried by the front endof the frame,.a rock shaft mounted on the rear end of the frame, beamspivotally fitted at their front ends on the said transverse rod,brackets secured to and projecting from the said beams, crank arms on.the rock shaft, hangers connected to said crank arms and having theirlower ends extending through the brackets on the beams, stops on saidhangers below said brackets, and means on the frame for adjusting therock shaft.

8. The combination of a frame, a transverse rod carried by the front endof the frame, beams pivotally fitted at their front ends on said rod,means on the frame connected with the rear ends of the beams forvertically adjusting the same, a draft bar connected with the rear endsof the beams and extending forwardly therefrom, and a draw bar pivotallyconnected to the front end of the draft bar and having its front endrigidly secured to the frame.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES 0. ANDERSON. '[L- 8.]

WVitnesses:

J. N. THURMAN, B. R. TALBOT.

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